subtract : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: subtract	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subtract v make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" Synonym(s): subtract, deduct, take off Antonym(s): add, add together take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subtract \Subtract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subtracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subtracting}.] [L. subtractus, p. p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf. {Substract}.] To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract* 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.